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Intro to Image Processing with MATLAB
Duncan Carlsmith, University of Wisconsin-Madison
This short project introduces students to image processing with MATLAB including importing images from the web, color transformations, circle finding, and edge finding. These techniques are broadly applicable in ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project
Subject: Physics

Data Processing with MATLAB: Formation Energies of Titanium Oxides
Kristi Closser, California State University-Fresno
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is an extremely common chemical substance and finds uses ranging from serving as a pigment for white paint, sunscreen and even toothpaste, to serving as a photosensitizer in waste water ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
Subject: Chemistry
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Vector Fields
Sayonita Ghosh Hajra, California State University-Sacramento
This activity is exploratory and collaborative MATLAB activity. Students will explore and visualize vector fields. Students will also learn about the flow lines of the vector fields.

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Subject: Mathematics
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Put out the Fire! Exploring the Effects of Fire-Fighting Foams on Microorganisms using Statistics and Plots
Tess Weathers, Chabot College, Engineering
Objective Analyze a subset of data from a published research paper using MATLAB. This will focus on data manipulation in MATLAB, including reading in text files, for, if, and while statements, statistics, and plot ...

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Subject: Engineering, Biology, Environmental Science
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Scaling sizes of sports field
Benjamin Bratton, Vanderbilt University
This is a MATLAB live script that guides students to learn about the kinematics of thrown balls in various sports. It helps the students learn about simple numerical methods to solve differential equations, as well ...

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Subject: Physics
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Solving the 1D Schrodinger Equation
Morgan Hawker, California State University-Fresno
In this activity, students will explore 1-dimensional solutions to the time-independent Schrodinger equation. Students will utilize a provided MATLAB live script to determine exact energy values for two different ...

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Subject: Chemistry
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Breakeven Analysis Project
Kendra Wallis, The University of Texas at Arlington
The project requires students to use basic programming skills in MATLAB to write a program that will perform a breakeven analysis for a proposed new elephant house at the local zoo. Students are given parameters ...

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Subject: Engineering
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Area Moment of Inertia Calculator
Louis Woodhams, Washington University in St. Louis
Students must use Matlab to draw a region of interest on an image and calculate properties of the shape such as area, area moment of inertia, and principal axes.

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project
Subject: Engineering

Study experience on selection calculation and some PDF distributions
Sandra Vega, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Centro de Geociencias
The purpose of this exercise is to use the concept of cut-off (selection calculations) in sample data and the application of grade/tonnage curves. On successful completion of this exercise, the participant should ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience

Simple MATLAB Grader Exercises
Don Baker, McGill University
This activity is the first set of Matlab exercises given in a remotely delivered, introductory geochemistry class taught to 1st-semester, 1st-year majors in Earth and Planetary Sciences. ir assignments. ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set
Subject: Chemistry, Geoscience